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MongoDB is a strange company. I've downloaded their Compass software to visualise some throwaway JSON I had loaded in Mongo, gave my real email and here's the e
by karolist 8y ago
MongoDB is a strange company. I've downloaded their Compass software to visualise some throwaway JSON I had loaded in Mongo, gave my real email and here's the emails I was sent before I blocked their marketing account (allegedly someone named Alena)
day 0 "Regarding your interest in MongoDB"
day +1 "Alena with MongoDB in reply to your interest"
day +3 "Alena with MongoDB making sure you're all set"
day +7 "Alena from MongoDB reaching out"
day +10 "Checking in from MongoDB"
At which point I was completely speechless about this dumb spammy marketing attempt and just blocked the sender. Really guys?
"I want to touch base with you again to see if we could provide you with additional information regarding our enterprise edition of MongoDB that you downloaded.
Are you available to set up a call to learn more?"
What the hell is that I never downloaded "enterprise MongoDB", it was Compass.
I will never use anything from MongoDB, thanks Alena.
- stingraycharles 8y agoThis is a common practice, it's called "Drip Marketing", "Nurturing" or a few more other variations. It's completely automated, and it sounds like some template / tagging gone wrong. Lots of companies do it, and it's fairly effective.